Load-holding device.



PATENTBD MAR. 24, 1908.

A. L. COX. LOAD HOLDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1906.

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,UNITED sTATivs PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIN L. COX, OF MADISON, MISSOURI.

LOAD-HOLDING DEVICE.

Application filed February 21, 1906.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN L. Cox, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Madi* son, in the county of Monroe and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Load-Holding Devices, of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention relates to a oad holding device and has for its object the provision ol simple and efficient means for binding a load of hay, straw, wheat, oats or like material upon a wagon.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set Jforth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 is a rear elevation o'l a wagon with a load ol hay indicated in section thereon, illustrating the manner of using this improved load holding device, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the load holding device.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the 'figures of the drawing.

In the drawing, the numeral 5 designates the rear bolster ofan ordinary 'farm wagon and the numerals 6 the rear wheels of said wagon. This improved load holding device comprises a pointed stake 7 having an enlarged head 8, in which is pivoted a lever 9 which passes through a slot l() and is held in place by a pivot l1. Passing through openings 12 formed through the head 8 are ropes or other flexible cables 13. A lip or lug 14 is formed upon the outer end of the lever 9 and serves a purpose which will be hereinafter described. 4

The operation of the device is as :follows: When it is desired to use the herein described load holder to secure a load of hay or like material upon a wagon, the stake 7 is forced into the load of hay at approximately the center thereof and until said stake assumes the position shown in Fig. 1. The ends of the cables 13 are then secured in any desired manner at the four corners of the wagon, after which the stake is turned bodily by the lever 9 tol thereby wind the bight of the cables 13 upon the head 8, as illustrated in l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Serial No. 302,239.

Fig. 1. To do this the lever 9 is moved in the direction of the arrow A in Fig. 2. This bodily turning of the. stake serves to place the cables 13 under tension to thereby bind the load firmly upon the wagon as will be readily understood. When the ropes have been placed under the desired degree of tension, the lip 14 is hooked under one of the ropes to prevent the stake from turning in a reverse direction. This will, o'l,i course, prevent the ropes from unwinding and maintain them at the tension to which they have been adjusted.

While the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended, it is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but inM cludes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what l claim, is:

A device of the character described, comprising a pointed stake having an enlarged head provided with superposed openings eX- tending therethrough at right angles to one another and adapted. for the reception of binding ropes, said head being further provided with a longitudinal slot above said opening, an operating lever having a squared end 'for engagement within said slot, and having its outer rounded end formed with a hook thereon, and a locking pivot pin adapted Yfor insertion through alined openings in said head and said lever at an approximately central pointo'f said slot and forming a positive pivot for said lever to allow of the depression of the same to engage said outer hooked. end with one of said 'binding ropes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN L. COX.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR DRY, S. II. FARRELL. 

